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Owlet Baby Monitor Gives This Mama Peace of Mind
When you’re a brand new mom, you’re taught to worry about your baby when they sleep. Well, guess what? That worry never goes away! Even when you’re a 5-time mom like me, you still worry! For decades, parents have used baby monitors for peace of mind when the baby is out of view. When you think of a baby monitor, you often think of a walkie-talkie shaped device that often-times now has a video screen to see the baby. With a camera set up in the baby’s room, you are able to see and hear the baby which makes for a much better night’s sleep for parents. A video monitor…
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Pregnancy/Birth/Postpartum FAQs
Ya’ll! I am blown away! This pregnancy is flying by and every time I share that I am ___ weeks pregnant it just has me all in disbelief. I never expected ten years ago that I would be well into my fifth pregnancy. I seriously never even thought about my life as a “mom” and now that is all I think about. I love the chapter of life that changed me as a woman forever and I cannot believe that my oldest is seven years old. That means that I’ve basically been pregnant for the last 8 years since I’ve had them all so close in age. Derrek and I…
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How to Wear a Body Suit
Ya’ll… I am not gonna lie. Anything tight on my body right now is not my favorite. It has taken a lot longer for my body to bounce back after baby number four. I am so used to being able to eat whatever I want after having a baby and breastfeeding doing all the work. Between vacations, Thanksgiving, and Christmas my diet is all sorts of off track but as of today, mama is going to get it right. (More to come on this topic this upcoming week) The whole bodysuit trend has been on my mind for a while.. like, since I was 7 months pregnant and could not even…
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Hello Monday!
top | shorts | shoes Hello Monday, it’s nice to see you again… said no one ever! BLAH! I hate the beginning of the week after a long weekend, don’t ya’ll? I always get so spoiled not having to tend to the kids every waking second because Daddy is home with us. It’s also fun to be able to say “hey, I’m going to nap!” at any random point of the day. #winning All jokes aside, I am still pregnant and just hit 40 weeks in my pregnancy. My husband and I both agree that this pregnancy has FLOWN by up until this point. Why is that? The rush, rush,…
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Maternity Q and A
dress | shoes | lipstick – BRUNCH I simply cannot believe how quickly this pregnancy is flying by! With only 12 weeks left, it makes me incredibly sad. I think that carrying a baby in my body is the most magical thing that I could ever experience. This will be my last pregnancy so I am trying to soak in everything… including the weight gain and uncontrollable urge to sleep. Ya’ll ask me so many questions about my pregnancies that I love doing a little round up of them all so ya’ll can easily reference. I try to keep things really simple because life can be chaotic as it is.…
